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Lady Sharks Banking On Freshman From Coral Reef To Provide Stability On The Mound

Pitching wasn’t a strength for the Miami Dade College softball team last season. In 29 games, the Lady Sharks allowed 208 hits, 175 runs and posted a 5.34 team earned run average. All of that contributed to a lackluster 10-19 record.  This year, the team will count on 5-foot-5-inch… Read the rest at our website.
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Volleyball And Baseball Teams Earn High-Rankings In Latest NJCAA Polls

Two Miami Dade College athletic teams are in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Top-20 rankings, according to the organization’s latest polls.  The volleyball team, who started the season No. 2 in the nation, moved up to the top spot after defeating the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, 3-0,… Read the rest at our website.
Kendall CampusMen's BasketballSports

Freshman Aims To Fortify Run MDC’s Fast-Paced Attack With Team-First Mentality

A team-first mentality is a crucial building block for the Miami Dade College basketball team. That’s why the Sharks will be counting on a 6-foot-6-inch wing player from Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Ives Estates—Dashaun Joseph—to set the tempo, as they seek to capture their first… Read the rest at our website.
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Pimentel Expected To Provide Veteran Leadership For Lady Sharks This Season

With a roster that features 12 new players from six different countries, the Miami Dade College volleyball team needs some veteran stability. Enter defensive specialist Paola Pimentel. The 19-year-old sophomore averaged 18.1 digs per match last season while helping the team finish third at the National Junior College Athletic… Read the rest at our website.
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Converted Catcher To Lead Sharks Pitching Staff After Impressive Freshman Season

When catcher Luis Colon suffered a back injury last January, the Sharks turned to their backup plan—David Pereira, a walk-on freshman, who was transitioning from third base. Pereira, who led Miami Killian Senior High School to the regional semi-finals as a senior,  worked with assistant coach Rudy Arias, a… Read the rest at our website.
SportsNorth CampusMen's Basketball

North Campus Alum Chronicles Miami High’s Legendary Basketball Program In The Asylum

No basketball program was more dominant in South Florida than Miami Senior High School from 1987 to 1998. The Stingarees won an unprecedented eight boy’s state championships during that span and produced future National Basketball Association players: Udonis Haslem, Doug Edwards, and  Steve Blake.  But in 1998, the Florida… Read the rest at our website.
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Freshman Point Guard Brings International Experience To Lady Sharks Basketball Team

Basketball isn’t the most popular sport in Ecuador, but Camila Barreno fell in love with the game when she was three years old. It was easy. Barreno grew up idolizing her mother Esmeralda Campana, who played college basketball at the Universidad Técnica de Ambato and for an amateur club—Importadora… Read the rest at our website.
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Lemon City Live Podcast Offers Passionate and Unfiltered Sports Talk

Gustavo Chacon and Edwin Garcia have always been passionate about sports.  They met playing soccer in a recreational league at the Kendall Soccer Park nine years ago and have watched and attended hundreds of sporting events together. So when the duo couldn’t find a sports media outlet that went… Read the rest at our website.
SportsKendall CampusMen's Basketball

From London To Miami—Transfer Finds New Home At The Shark Tank

Ciaran Sandy traveled more than 4,000 miles this summer to join the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team. In recent years, the London-born wing player has gotten accustomed to using his frequent flyer miles. Since 2016, he has played basketball at a high school in Maryland, a boarding school… Read the rest at our website.